Bottle-stopper.



J; OTTOWITZ.

BOTTLE STOPPEB.

APPLIOATIOH TILED MAY '1, 1909. RENEWED HAY 2, 1910.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

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JOHN OTTOWITZ, OF J'OLIET, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

Application filed. May 7, 1909, Serial No. 494,597. Renewed May 2, 1910.Serial No. 558,910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN OTTOWITZ, a citizen of the United States,residin in the city of J oliet, county of lVill, and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle stoppers and moreparticularly to corks, the object of the invention being to provide acork having means connected thereto for extracting the same from abottle, jar, or other like vessels.

A further object of my invention is to provide means, as stated, to becombined with the cork in such a manner as to be always in readiness forthe withdrawal of the same without the necessity of employing acork-screw or equivalent device, said means to consist preferably of acord or wire.

A further object of my invention is to provide a combination of elementsas stated, that shall be simple, cheap and easily manufactured.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts as will he hereinafter fullydescribed and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings formin a part of this specification, and in whicFigure 1 is a perspective view of a cork embodying my lnvention in itspreferred form, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Referring now to the drawings 1 designates the cork and 2 the cord orwire used in the construction of the cork extractor, the cord beingpreferred. In order to attach the cord to the cork, four equally spacedlongitudinal grooves 3 are formed in the periphery of the cork toreceive the cord 2, two of said grooves 4 which are diametricallyopposite being of a sufficient depth to receive two thicknesses of cord.

The cork is attached as follows: The portions 5 and 6 of the cord arefirst positioned parallel to each other across the bottom of the cork sothat the ends thereof point in opposite directions, then the portions 7and 8 are placed in diametrically opposite grooves 9 and 10respectively. The portions 11 and 12 of the cord are brought togetherover the center 13 of the cork and twisted,

the portions let and 15 being then placed at right angles to theportions 11 and 12. The portions 14 and 15 of the cord extend to thegrooves 4 and the portions 16 and 17 are seated in said grooves. Thencethe portions 18 and 19 of the cord extend across the bottom of the corkin opposite directions, the portions 20 and 21 being then seated in thegrooves 1 on the portions 16 and 17 respectively, the remaining portion22 of the cord forming a finger loop by means of which the cork may beextracted.

For clearness of description the portions 18 and 19 are not drawn tautin Fig. 2, but it is evident that when the same are drawn taut, asindicated in Fig. 1 by dotted lines, the portions 5 and 6 will be heldsecurely in position, no knot being re uired.

An important feature of my invention is the seating of the portions 20and 21 on the portions 16 and 17 which prevents the cork from being cutby an upward pull of the loop 22, it bein found that the cork is easilycut when directly exposed to the portion of the cord under the greatesttension.

The manner of using the herein described cork will be readily seen bythose familiar with such devices, and after the cork has been placedwithin a bottle or other vessel and it is desired to remove said. corktherefrom the sealing medium or the label, as the case may be, which maylie over the loop 22 is removed. The finger loop 22 is then bentupwardly so that the same is in a vertical position, as shown in Figs. 1and 2, or in such position that said loop may be readily grasped, andafter the fingers are placed upon the loop 22 and pressure appliedthereto it is quite evident that the cork 1 may be readily withdrawn.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a combined cork andextracting means is provided which is exceedingly simple in itsconstruction and adapted to be manufactured at a comparatively lowfigure, and it will further be seen that the extractors may be embodiedin corks of various constructions.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I donot restrict myself to the precise details set forth, but considermyself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fallwithin the spirit and scope of the claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a cork having fourlongitudinal grooves in the periphery thereof, and a single cord wrappedin said grooves and across the top and bottom of said cork with a loopextending from the top of said cork, the free ends of said cord beingheld in position by a wrapping of said cord lying over them 011 thebottom of said cork, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a cork having equallyspaced longitudinal grooves formed therein adapted to receive anextracting cord provided in the device, two of said grooves which arediametrically opposite being of a sufiicient depth to receive twothicknesses of said cord, the end portions of said cord being arrangedsubcord atsaid center, portions of said cord extending radially fromsaid twisted p0rtion, portions of said cord extending downwardly fromsaid radially extending portions through said grooves adapted to receivetwo thicknesses of cord, portions of said cord extending in oppositedirections across the bottom of said cork from said downwardly extendingportions and thence upwardly through said last named grooves, and a loopformed by said cord extending upwardly from said portions extendingupwardly through saidlast named grooves, said portions which extend inopposite directions across the bottom of said cork being adapted to holdsaid end portions securely in position, substantially as described.

In testlmony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN OTTOWITZ.

Witnesses:

E. L. MARROW, O. MOCARTHY.

